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Heinrich the Lion had obtained a divorce from his first wife in 1162, and in February 1168 he was married to Mathilde (1156-1189), daughter of Henry II. (1133-1189) , king of England. Soon he was sent by Freidrich I. on an embassy to the kings of England and France.
Henry’s Handler. Happily engage with Zoo guests by guiding Henry around the Zoo. Provide verbal communication to Henry telling him where people are coming from since he can’t see well. Encourage the guests to approach Henry, give high-fives, dance with Henry or take pictures as Henry is unable to talk. Repeat conversation and questions to ...
Barbarossa bestowed Bavaria on Henry the Lion, and as compensation he elevated the margravate of Austria to a dukedom, with special rights. The Emperor also left the dukedom of Saxony and Mecklenburg under Henry the Lion’s control, and in 1154 the Duke received the privilege of investing bishops in the colonial land east of the Elbe.
HENRY (1129-1195), surnamed the "Lion," duke of Saxony and Bavaria, only son of Henry the Proud, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and Gertrude, daughter of the emperor Lothair the Saxon, was born at Ravensburg, and was a member of the family of Welf. In 1138 the German king Conrad III. had sought to deprive Henry the Proud of his duchies, and when ...
Henry the Lion. Henry was one of the most powerful German princes of his time, until the rival Hohenstaufen dynasty succeeded in isolating him and eventually deprived him of his duchies of Bavaria and Saxony during the reign of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and of Frederick's son and successor Henry VI. At the height of his reign, Henry ruled ...
of Henry The Lion BY ALIZA COHEN-MUSHLIN THE Gospel Book of Henry the Lion is the most sumptuous manuscript produced in the twelfth-century scriptorium at Helmarshausen.1 It is prefaced by a dedicatory poem (fol.4v) praising the patrons, Duke Henry and his wife Matilda, and adding that, through Abbot Conrad II (c.1170-89), they com-
Henry spent three years in exile at the court of his father-in-law Henry II of England in Normandy before being allowed back into Germany. He finished his days in Germany, as the much-diminished Duke of Brunswick. Frederick's desire for revenge was sated. Henry the Lion lived a relatively quiet life, sponsoring arts and architecture.
